Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Supporting a congressional campaign usually means donating money , knocking on doors and making phone calls . Rarely does it mean acting like a nudist in a television ad that will be played throughout your community .

That is , until the Kelly Kultala for Congress campaign asked exactly that from their supporters .

Kultala , a Democrat running to oust Kansas Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder , released an ad on Thursday that featured a handful of seemingly naked people urging viewers to support the Democrat in November 's election .

The people in the ad , however , are not actual nudists . They are supporters of the Kultala campaign who agreed to appear on TV with different objects in front of their naked bits .

`` They are volunteers who agreed to do it because they support our campaign and our message , '' said Jacob Becklund , the Kultala campaign manager . '' It should also be noted that nobody was actually nude during filming . ''

According to Becklund , `` It was a pretty easy sell to all of our volunteers , '' even though the ad -- which comes with a `` high five figure -LRB- cost -RRB- behind it '' -- will be seen on cable and broadcast in the Kansas City market starting Friday .

The -LRB- faux -RRB- nudity in the ad -- titled `` Naked Truth '' -- was a knock on Yoder , who in 2011 skinny dipped in the Sea of Galilee in Israel , a decision for which he was reprimanded by House Republicans in 2012 .

`` Awhile back , Congressman Yoder made news by skinny dipping on the job , '' Kultala says in the ad . `` But it is more shameless what he is doing to Kansas . ''

The ad then features the seemingly naked volunteers citing different aspects of Yoder 's record , including that `` Yoder lines the pockets of his millionaire donors with big tax cuts . And they line his , when he has pockets . ''

`` We thought it was a humorous hook , '' Becklund said , '' to get people to pay attention to the message . ''

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Kelly Kultala for Congress campaign releases an ad with folks seemingly naked

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The people were not nudists or actors ; they were supporters of the campaign

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`` It should also be noted that nobody was actually nude during filming , '' says campaign manager

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Kultala 's opponent -- Rep. Kevin Yoder -- was reprimanded in 2012 for skinny dipping on a trip